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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Thursday praised Barack Obama’s speech last week in Cairo, saying he appreciated the president’s new approach to addressing the Muslim world.

“Under the past administration, there was a feeling that the Islamic world was a group of terrorists, Islam was hated and Muslims should be watched and that the previous administration was scared of any Muslim,” Mubarak said in an interview with state television, according to Reuters.

“But Obama came and said, ‘We will not fight Muslims and Islam.’ He is a sympathetic man and says the United States will not fight Islam because Islam is a heavenly religion,” he said.

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“Under the past administration, there was a feeling that the Islamic world was a group of terrorists, Islam was hated and Muslims should be watched and that the previous administration was scared of any Muslim,”

Israeli TV newscasters Tuesday night interpreted a photo taken Monday in the Oval Office of President Obama talking on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as an "insult" to Israel.

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Israel's Channel One TV reported that Netanyahu was told Tuesday by an "American official" in Jerusalem that, "We are going to change the world. Please, don't interfere." The report said Netanyahu's aides interpreted this as a "threat."